Activities of Minodora CLIVETI related to 2012/2301(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women’s rights
Amendments (32)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of the flagship initiative Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion; invites the Member States to make full use of the EU PROGRESS programme and the upcoming Programme for Social Change and InnovationROPE for Citizen Programme, especially with regard to the effective implementation of gender equality objectives; calls on the Member States to take the necessary actions to access the European Social Fund and to utilise the funds for targeted programmes against poverty;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Invites the European Commission to integrate the gender dimension into all policies, in particular: impact of austerity measures and recovery from the crisis, economic governance, sustainable development and green jobs, vocational education and training, migration, cooperation and development, health and safety and measures be planned or implemented in order to counteract or limit the effects of the crisis;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the Member States to review and highlight the immediate and long- term impact of the economic crisis on women, in particular whether and how it worsens existing gender inequalities, and related consequences, such as increased risk of gender-based violence, declining maternal and child health and old age poverty of women;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Invites the European Commission to consider a further adaptation of the European Structural Funds, to ensure additional support for areas of women's employment likely to be affected by the crisis, and support for childcare, training and access to employment;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Observes that, since the beginning of the crisis, the unemployment rate for women has consistently been higher than that for men, which only adds to the existing challenges women are facing in the labour market, including direct or indirect discrimination, double discrimination of women with disabilities, gender pay-gap, part-time work, precarious working conditions, in-work poverty, high concentration in the informal sector with lower earnings, less social protection and insufficient pension rights; in this respect, asks the Commission to issue a recommendation to the Member States on combating labour market segmentation leading to women's insufficient access to quality employment with decent remuneration and adequate social protection;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines the importance of ensuring a good balance between security and flexibility in the labour market through a comprehensive implementation of flexicurity principles, and to address labour market segmentation, by providing both adequate social protection in periods of transition, or on temporary or part-time employment contracts, and access to training, career development and full-time work possibilities;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Stresses the importance of reforming macroeconomic, social and labour-market policies in order to guarantee economic and social justice for women, to develop strategies to promote the fair distribution of wealth, to guarantee a minimum income and decent wages and pensions, to reduce the gender pay gap, to create more high-quality jobs for women, coupled with rights, to enable women to benefit from public services of a high standard, and to improve welfare provision and neighbourhood services, including crèches, kindergartens and other forms of pre-school education, day centres, community leisure and family support centres and intergenerational centres;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Calls on the Member States to promote an active labour market policies, a strong social dialogue, job standards and social protection to safeguard the women's rights, including migrant women, to fight against forced labour and to combat undeclared work;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Underlines the importance of active labour market policies, labour inspections and social dialogue as well as skills upgrading in order to promote the greening of the economy;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2 e. Calls on the Member States for specific programmes to promote the active inclusion or reintegration of women in the labour market and for specific opportunities for life-long learning with a view to providing the skills and qualifications, such as empowerment, confidence building and capacity building, needed in the light of the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2 f. Calls on the Member States to review social protection systems with regard to individualising rights in pensions and social security schemes in order to eliminate the 'breadwinner advantage', guaranteeing equal pension rights;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites Member States to support women's participation in the labour market by measures such as guaranteeing free access to public childcare, children of all age groups and care services for dependent persons, increasing resources for education, and professional qualification programmes;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines the necessity to invest in affordable quality services – such as fulltime childcare, all-day school places and care for the elderly – that help promote gender equality, foster a better work–life balance and create a framework which allows to enter or re-enter the labour market;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Underlines the necessity to reduce the effects of the economic and financial crisis for families (having in mind those in divorce or the situation when children are left in the care of relatives or authorities), including single parents, taking into account that women are assigned household tasks;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. Whereas the recent secondary analysis of the 5th EWCS ("Women, men and working conditions in Europe: Secondary analysis of the 5th European Working conditions survey", Eurofound 2012, to be published in 2013) it appears that gender segregation is detrimental for both male and female workers. Both men and women report better wellbeing at work and job satisfaction when they work with colleagues of both sexes. Still, there is room to break the labour markets gender segregation, the occupational gender polarisation and the 'mono- gendered' workplaces, as 3/5th of the workers in Europe work at a workplace with workers of the same sex.
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned at the deep cuts in public expenditure resulting from the imposition of austerity measures, leading to severe cutbacks in public-sector jobs and services which are forcing many women to shift from paid work to unemployment or to unpaid work, exposing them to an even higher risk of poverty;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Invites the European Commission to integrate the gender dimension into all policies, in particular: impact of austerity measures and recovery from the crisis, economic governance, sustainable development and green jobs, vocational education and training, migration, cooperation and development, health and safety and measures to be planned or implemented in order to counteract or limit the effects of the crisis;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
(1b) Calls on the Member States to review and highlight the immediate and long- term impact of the economic crisis on women, in particular whether and how it worsens existing gender inequalities, and related consequences, such as increased risk of gender-based violence, declining maternal and child health and old age poverty of women;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Invites the European Commission to consider a further adaptation of the European Structural Funds, to ensure additional support for areas of women's employment likely to be affected by the crisis, and support for childcare, training and access to employment;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Member States to strongly support the gender budgeting in order to increase gender equality by correcting negative consequences of revenues and expenditures and improve governance and accountability, in particular in respect to national budgets;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Member States to improve women's participation at all levels of decision-making;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to better promote women's entrepreneurship, including financial support for female entrepreneurs.
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance of reforming macroeconomic, social and labour-market policies in order to guarantee economic and social justice for women, to develop strategies to promote the fair distribution of wealth, to guarantee a minimum income and decent wages and pensions, to reduce the gender pay gap, to create more high-quality jobs for women, coupled with rights, to enable women to benefit from public services of a high standard, and to improve welfare provision and neighbourhood services, including crèches, kindergartens and other forms of pre-school education, day centres, community leisure and family support centres and intergenerational centres;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to promote an active labour market policy, a strong social dialogue, job standards and social protection to safeguard the women's rights, including migrant women, to fight against forced labour and to combat undeclared work
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Member States for specific programmes to promote the active inclusion or reintegration of women in the labour market and for specific opportunities for life-long learning with a view to providing the skills and qualifications, such as empowerment, confidence building and capacity building, needed in the light of the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member States to improve women's participation at all levels of decision-making;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
(14b) Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to better promote women's entrepreneurship, including financial support for female entrepreneurs;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Underlines the importance of active labour market policies, labour inspections and social dialogue as well as skills upgrading in order to promote the greening of the economy;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Underlines the necessity to invest in affordable quality services – such as fulltime childcare, all-day school places and care for the elderly – that help promote gender equality, foster a better work–life balance and create a framework which allows to enter or re-enter the labour market;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
(18b) Underlines the necessity to reduce the effects of the economic and financial crisis for families (having in mind those in divorce or the situation when children are left in the care of relatives or authorities), including single parents, taking into account that women are assigned household tasks;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Member States to strongly support the gender budgeting in order to increase gender equality by correcting negative consequences of revenues and expenditures and improve governance and accountability, in particular in respect to national budgets;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
(24b) Underlines the importance of ensuring a good balance between security and flexibility in the labour market through a comprehensive implementation of flexicurity principles, and to address labour market segmentation, by providing both adequate social protection in periods of transition, or on temporary or part-time employment contracts, and access to training, career development and full-time work possibilities;